Match Thread: April 24, 2022 - Atletico Ottawa v Valour

[Treppy2]

Very hard on Atleti to be down by 3. Valour was slightly better but not by 3 goals

[narduch]

Another for Dyer. 5-1

[K Edgar]

Akio sets up another

 

[jonovision]

Remember when Valour lost 8-0? 

If only this was Cavalry that they were running up the score against.

[jonovision]

Will we see a change to the above this week, I wonder?

[narduch]

Wow Levis makes it 6-1

[Wippersuna]

What a goal by Levis.

[K Edgar]

 

[Wingback6]

Fun game to watch for the neutral. I mean Valour supporter. Though this game, and others has me worried as far as attendance goes. League management has REALLY bottled it promotion wise, I fear. I have brought foreign born Canadians to Valour games. Never heard a peep of a complaint about the quality of football. But the penetration on the Perm Res/New citizen market is just not there. Which is truly, where the main heart of the football market is in this country.

[Bison44]

6 minutes ago, Wingback6 said:

Fun game to watch for the neutral. I mean Valour supporter. Though this game, and others has me worried as far as attendance goes. League management has REALLY bottled it promotion wise, I fear. I have brought foreign born Canadians to Valour games. Never heard a peep of a complaint about the quality of football. But the penetration on the Perm Res/New citizen market is just not there. Which is truly, where the main heart of the football market is in this country.

What should they be doing to hit the perm/res new citizen market??  How would you reach that market?

 

[K Edgar]

[jonovision]

9 minutes ago, Wingback6 said:

Fun game to watch for the neutral. I mean Valour supporter. Though this game, and others has me worried as far as attendance goes. League management has REALLY bottled it promotion wise, I fear. I have brought foreign born Canadians to Valour games. Never heard a peep of a complaint about the quality of football. But the penetration on the Perm Res/New citizen market is just not there. Which is truly, where the main heart of the football market is in this country.

What was the attendance? I thought the crowd looked pretty good. And sounded pretty good, considering the circumstances.

[Wippersuna]

14 minutes ago, Bison44 said:

What should they be doing to hit the perm/res new citizen market??  How would you reach that market?

 

Valour did a promo their first year where they opened up more of the stadium gave free tickets to new immigrants because (if I’m remembering right) they had to postpone a game. Atmosphere was great that game.

Edited April 24, 2022 by Wippersuna

[JamboAl]

4 minutes ago, jonovision said:

What was the attendance? I thought the crowd looked pretty good. And sounded pretty good, considering the circumstances.

They didn’t announce it but it was decent.  I’d say in the 3,000-3,500 range.  For 6-1, the supporters kept the noise up.

[jordan]

Bold for Bowman to be awarded man of the match for Valour

[Wingback6]

43 minutes ago, Bison44 said:

What should they be doing to hit the perm/res new citizen market??  How would you reach that market?

 

That is a great question. At this point, I don't think I have an answer. Perhaps engaging with expat cultural organizations? There are quite a few private Portuguese clubs here in Winnipeg for example. Sponsoring events/ticket giveaways. Not just for CL stuff. But for derbies. Maybe this is already happening in other markets. In this city, I think it has been lacking, though there are others on here with more direct knowledge of Valour operations who could make more educated comments than I can.

Edited April 24, 2022 by Wingback6

[Wingback6]

43 minutes ago, jonovision said:

What was the attendance? I thought the crowd looked pretty good. And sounded pretty good, considering the circumstances.

It may be part of the problem of playing in such a large stadium. Looked empty on the far stand. Realistically, we need smaller, sport specific stadiums. Makes it look bad for the neutral to see empty stands. RE: Valour, I think we should actually develop and use the neighbouring field where the Bisons used to play... Don't think WFC gives AF either way though, TBH.

[Wippersuna]

I feel like IGF sucks for Valour games even beyond optics. People are willing to drive out there to see the Bombers but they’re established and it’s really so far out of the way for anyone north of Portage. If they played at the Forks like the Goldeyes you would have to think they’d draw better. I mean there’s no way baseball is as popular as soccer in the city. 

Edited April 24, 2022 by Wippersuna

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

 

[jordan]

Wow they left out the red card that wasn’t given 

13 minutes ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said:

 

 

[jonovision]

3 hours ago, Wippersuna said:

I feel like IGF sucks for Valour games even beyond optics. People are willing to drive out there to see the Bombers but they’re established and it’s really so far out of the way for anyone north of Portage. If they played at the Forks like the Goldeyes you would have to think they’d draw better. I mean there’s no way baseball is as popular as soccer in the city. 

We all know that a more intimate, more central stadium would be better for fans. But the value of Valour to its owners (the Blue Bombers) is filling dates at IG Field. So they're staying. The location isn't ideal but it could be worse (Spruce Meadows, Langford).

[jonovision]

Big, if true.

Further confirmation below.

 

Edited April 25, 2022 by jonovision

[Cheeta]

Replay still not up.

[narduch]

1 minute ago, Cheeta said:

Replay still not up.

I just looked its there

[Cheeta]

HA!  Score.